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How stupid are people?

You have to try pretty hard to get a coat hanger to hold on to that one.
Not really. Imagine you’re at the beach for a week, and you need to string a clothes line to hang the kids wet towels and swimsuits.
 

Oddly enough, this bridal catastrophe echoed an event that had taken place under similar circumstances three years earlier. On her wedding weekend in June 2004, a Manhattan bride hung her wedding dress from a sprinkler head in a room at the Thayer Hotel in West Point, New York — an action that triggered the Thayer's fire sprinkler system, causing water damage to five guest rooms, hallways, a stairwell, and the hotel's famed Crest Ballroom. The Thayer's insurance company placed the total damages at $87,637.51, and after the hotel paid a $10,000 deductible, the insurance company filed suit against the bride to recover the balance.
 
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